Hi all,I want to make use of the java web start advantage,but I dont want our customer face the java web start loading Screen,it seems ugly...and also customer maybe not install jre and the jre-install maybe fussy to them..so I want to package our application and jre into setup file using installanywhere. when user start our program,I want to invoking web start API to do the work like version compare,and offer outself loading screen .. so,Can I invoking web start in my program?and how? Best regards L.J.W
A:
If you're installing your application locally on the user's machine, why would you need to call JWS?
TMN
2010-06-11 15:22:57
To be able to get updates ?
Romain Hippeau
2010-06-11 18:06:44
I want to auto upgrade our program,I think jws/jnlp has done this work.
L.J.W
2010-06-12 00:49:14
This should be a comment on the question, not an answer
finnw
2010-07-31 23:12:19
+1
A:
I don't think web start is the way you want to go here. You can't change the loading screen, and if you want to access the user's computer in any way you'll have to bother the user with a confirmation, and risk them freaking out and canceling. Just roll your own auto-update; it's definitely not worth using web start just for that.
qmega
2010-08-11 07:48:12
Depends on what you consider light. This library: http://swing-fx.blogspot.com/2008/07/add-auto-update-and-plugins-to-your.html will give you auto-update and plugin capability; the jar is 88k. That's not too bad, but it might be overkill if you don't need plugins. (It's released under the BSD license.)
qmega
2010-08-11 20:22:59
A:
For the loading screen question:
<jnlp ...>
<information>
<icon kind="splash" href="splash.gif" />
...
</information>
...
</jnlp>
Avall
2010-08-11 11:30:31